Pašaizsargājošās demokrātijas jēdziens – piemēri Latvijas tiesiskajā sistēmā

Abstract

Self-defending democracy (in English, the term of militant democracy is more common) as a legal notion can be used controversially – to protect itself or to pretend to be a democratic regime. The aim of this article is to provide the insight into the notion of self-defending democracy and illustrate it with legal examples from Latvian legal system: firstly, the roots of self-defending democracy in the 1930s, when the Parliament of Latvia – Saeima – attempted to legally protect democracy from radical right-wing forces, secondly, the role of Constitutional Court of Latvia in applying the concept of self-defending democracy in the case of restrictions of voting rights.